Electrical releasing device for target-traps



(No Model.)

P, NORTH. v ELEGTRIGAL RELBASING DEVIGE'POR TARGET TRAPS.

No. 469,905. Patented Mar. 1, 1892.

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of the United States, residing at Cleveland,

- upon which the releasing device or parts there the market withoutmaking any change whattained.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL NORTH, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ELECTRICAL RELEASING DEVICE FOR TARGET-TRAPS SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 469,905, dated March 1, 1892.

' Application filed May 6, 1891. Serial No. 391,744. (No model.)

To all whom lt may concern:.

Be it known that I, PAUL NORTH, a citizen in the county'of Guyahoga andState of Ohio, have invented-certain new and useful Improvements inTarget-Trap- Releasing Devices, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,which is a front elevation of my improved device with the cover or frontplate of the casing removed.

My invention relates to electrical releasing devices for target-traps- Iam aware that several different forms of electrical trap-re- Y of couldbe supported and by removing the target-trigger and substitutingtherefor a trigger of special construction, or in some other mannerchanging said traps, all of which add to the cost of an electricalequipment to those who have target-traps,while at the same time theyunfit the traps for use with the old forms of releasing devices nowcommonly employed.

My object is to provide an electrical trapreleasing device which can beused with any of the common forms of target-traps now on ever therein.Thus clubs or other target-trap owners may provide themselves with myelectrical releasing equipment and use the same with their old trapswithout being put to the trouble or expense of altering the same, and ifany accident should happen upon the field to the electrical releasingdevice or its battery the traps may thereafter be released by the oldmeans without any of the annoyance which would follow from a breakdownof an electro-releasing device in a trap constructed with especialreference thereto.

I will now describe in detail the releasing device shown in the drawing,referring to the parts thereof by letters.

A represents a casing within which the mechanism hereinafter describedis con- B represents a rod which is slidable longitudinally throughorifices in the boss at and the top wall of the casing. To the upper endof this rod there is attached, as shown in the drawing, one end of alink, cord, or chain, the other end of which is attached to the triggerGot the target-trap G 0 represents an expanding coil spring, whichsurrounds the rod B and thrusts endwise against the top wall of thecasing and a collar 0 upon the rod. lVhen permitted so to act, thespring forces the rodBdownward until said collar strikes the boss at.

D represents a catch-lever so pivoted to the casing that it has one longarm and one short arm. The short arm of the lever is adjacent to thelower end of the rod 13, and when said rod has been drawn upward saidlever engages beneath a shoulder b on said rod.

E represents a lever also pivoted to the casing and occupying normally asubstantiallyvertical position, as shown, in which position its lowerend will lie above and be engaged by the end of the long arm of thelever D.

e represents a coil-spring compressed between the side of the casing andlower arm of the lever E and operating to automatically move the leverinto substantially the position in which it is shown in the drawing.

e represents a set-screw passing through the wall of the casing, withwhich the extent of the movement of the lever E may be regulated, or, tomore exactly describe the purpose of this stop in the form shown-to Wit,as a set-screw-the purpose is to adjust the distance of the armature onthe upper end of the lever E from the electro-magnet, to be hereinafterdescribed.

H represents an electro-magnet connected in an electric circuit thewires of which may be extended to any convenient station at which thedevice may be operated.

I represents an armature secured'to the lever E in front of theelectro-magnet H.

At K is shown the conventional representation of a battery. 7

At L is shown a push-button or other circuit-closing device with whichthe electric circuit may be completed and the electro-magnet madeoperative for its intended purpose.

From the arrangement of the levers shown it is apparent that there iscomparatively little pressure of the *leverD against thelever E and thatsaid lever E may be readily withdrawn from the position shown, in whichit looks said lever D, although the spring C or other power employed tomove the rod B may be very strong. "Vhen the parts are in the positionshown and the entire device is fixed in the proper relation to the trap,an operator has but to close the electric circuit, when the upper end ofthe lever E is drawn to the left a sufficient distance to release thelever D, whereupon the spring 0 forces the rod B downward and in sodoing swings the lever D upon its pivot until its long arm strikes arubber stud J, se-

cured to the casing. -In its downward move.

ment therrodB pulls upon thetchain g, withthe-result of pulling thetrigger of :the trap in whatever position" said lever may bes-When,"therefore, it is desired "to reset this" mechanism, the rod ispulled *upward, which causes the shoulder 11 to'engage with the shortend of thelever -D, thereby drawing said lever toward thehori'zontalposition. I 1 a The long end ofthe lever Dinmoving'in this positionforces back the lower end of--the leverE-um til, havingarrivedat theposition shown, the spring e forces the lever above the 'end ofthe-lever D; and the partsare thereby automatically-locked in theposition shown.

-Havi-ng thus described'my invention, what I claim as new,-and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is Y i 1'. Inan electrical targettrap-rel'easing viceythe combination, with the trap G, of a casingadapted tobe'fixed in proper relation to the trigger of a target-trap; aspring-actuated sliding rod'B,'which is supported: by saidcasing, alink, cord, or'chain; adaptedzto connect one end of said rodwit-l1-tl1etarget trap trigger, with a series of levers adapted' to holdsaid rod againstthe pressure of-its spring, and an electro-magnetsuitably placed with; referenceto one of said levers and adaptedto drawone arm of said levertoward itself and thereby release said rod,substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

2. In an electrical target-trapreleasing device, the combination,withthe trap G, of a casing adapted to be fixed in proper relation tothe trigger of the target-trap, a spring-actuated sliding rod B, whichis supported by and projects through the walls of said casing, alink,-cord-, or chain adapted to connect the projecting end of said rodwith the targettrap trigger, with an electro-magnet supported withinsaid casing and suitably connected in an electrical circuit, a lever D,pivoted to said casin g substantially parallel to said rod, with one endadjacent to the pole of the electromagnet, and a-lever E,-which is alsopivoted to said casing and extends between and is engaged uponitsaupperside by both the rod B and :lever D when the device is" set,substantiallyas and -forithe purpose specified. 1

Inian electricalitarget-trap-releasing de- Y vice, thercombination, withthe .trap-GZ-ofl a casing adapted to befixedimproper relationto thetrigger of a target-trap, aispring-actu- .7 5 ated sliding1od--B,-supported on said casing and having the. shoulders b. b, 1alink,=cord, or chain adapted=toconnect the end ofwsaid rod with thetrap-trigger, with :thelever D, one end ofwh'ichlies.betweenvsaidshoulders. 8o bb yaf stop :J the catch lt-iverE,-adapted,,to" engage with lever D,'-and anelectro-magnet adapted towithdraw the levenEifrorn its enw gagement with leverD,substantially asand for the purpose specified: i i 4-. In an electric target-releasingdevice; the. combination,.-,with a target-trap Gt, of.tl1etrap-releasinglever G, attached by link {g 10,; rod B, havingcollarc;- spring-.G, surrounding? rod B, set-lever D, resting when thetrap is in a set condition under the shoulderiontthe rod Band with itsother end beneath, lever E, pivoted-armature-1ever E, carrying armature,1, spring e, interposed between the lower endwof lever-E and the.casing-A, set-screw e, beaning on lever Eand I passing through theouter casinggtor regulating the-.distan ce ofi1 thearmature-bar from themagnet I-I, magnet-ill, working in conjunction withiarmature-baril,battery K, push-button L, the-necessary cit I00 cuit closing and openingmeans, andacas:

ing A, provided with shouldersub b substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

' i PAUL NORTH.

Witnesses: 4r

E. L. THURsToN, ALBERT II. BATES.

